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none more horny

Pretty Ricky Knock Boots, Put On Some Shirts

Yes, Pretty Ricky is an outfit that's so far gone into its own brand of camp I don't know whether its four members are trying to be funny or trying to be serious, or if they're just wholly unsure whether they can even take a position either way at this point. But can I just say that the slow jam from their forthcoming album '80s Babies, "Knockin' The Boots '08," is not bad, as far as sex-dripping come-on songs go? It would slide into the playlist of Music Choice's R & B Hits station somewhat effortlessly, and given that said station has served as my musical go-to this summer, I can't knock any song that tries for nothing more than to hit that general sonic target. More »

3:00 PM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Maura Johnston
331 views, 2 comments

Latest by jambajim: Hehe - right now this post has 69 views. How appropriate. more »

videodrone

Pretty Ricky Shove The '80s In Your Face On "Cuddle Up"

Fans of New Jack Swing will either flip or reel in horror when they see Pretty Ricky's "Cuddle Up," in which our favorite horndogs pay earnest tribute to the era. PR ladyfriends Butta Creame wear outfits from "Push It" and "Real Love." Bandleader Baby Blue not only rocks a high-top fade and a shoulder-padded suit with no shirt underneath, he holds one of those portable phones that Gordon Gekko would whip out. Lyrics flash across the screen in big bold letters, gold chains glow in the dark, 4Play gives us a solo dance over a breakbeat and the group is surrounded by animated Dayglo outlines worthy of In Living Color. Dope! More »

3:00 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By Anthony Miccio
616 views, 2 comments

Latest by Chris Molanphy: I know Straight Outta Compton came out in '88, but that Eazy-E outfit in one of the scenes is straight '90s South Central. Took me out of the moment entirely. But kudos for the phone. more »

none more horny

Pretty Ricky Give Us "21 Days Of 4Play," Flashbacks To "PopoZão"

The guy playing the keyboard? His name is Diamond Blue. The one eating off of a paper plate? He's Spectacular. The fellow running a lint roller on his pecs? Goes by the handle of Slick'Em. And the chappy rocking the falsetto as Blue shouts off the various potential birthdates of their "'80s Babies?" His name is 4Play and he's the newest member of Pretty Ricky, an R&B quartet so horny they make Jodeci look like the Statler Brothers. "21 Days Of 4Play," the group's ongoing YouTube miniseries that actually appears to have been filmed in one day, is a goldmine of new jack Spinal Tap. More »

3:30 PM on Thu Jun 12 2008
By Anthony Miccio
1,106 views, 2 comments

Latest by imnotthatguyanymore: 4Play looks like a Father MC backup dancer reject. Puff doesn't dress like that, and he WAS a Father MC backup dancer. I'm having Video Soul flashbacks, now. Thanks. more »

Your Pretty Ricky Update

What's up with the lewd singing group who kept the Shins from the album chart's top spot last year and inspired young men to put the "sex" in "sectional?" Well, their new album, '80s Babies, comes out this August; they've found a new member to replace the departed Pleasure, and he is named (I swear) 4Play; and, well, I'll just let this quote from Slick 'Em say the rest: "This time around Pretty Ricky growed up because of where we been... we done traveled the world, we done been to places we never thought we woulda been, Mars and back. We done even went to Pluto." [SOHH]

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humpin around (the legal system)

Pretty Ricky Discovers Pleasure Can Also Be A Real Pain

You might think it difficult to get hot and bothered by the dry proceedings of a breach-of-contract lawsuit, but like King Midas (if he was all about bald metaphors for getting to third base), everything Pretty Ricky rubs turns sexy. As the other Rickys scramble to find a replacement for departed crooner Pleasure, the thrusting crotch born Marcus Cooper has now filed a (sexy) complaint against his former manager "[decieving] the singer by first acting as a surrogate father" and then "exploiting" him. Who knew the inner workings of a softcore teen R&B foursome would be so sordid? More »

5:15 PM on Tue Dec 18 2007
By jharv
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recruitment drives

Pretty Ricky Wants You (In A Collaborative Way)

Pretty Ricky—the hormone-charged R & B outfit who some of you may remember as "those dudes who kept the Shins from hitting No. 1 earlier this year"—is looking for a new member after Pleasure (née Marcus Ramone Cooper) announced his plans for a solo career on the BET Awards' red carpet a few months back. Like other bands looking for new blood, the remaining Rickys have hit the Web to find their new member, and they're also hoping to wrangle a reality series out of some writers'-strike-starved network. But it may actually make compelling TV, since the Miami-based now-threesome isn't looking for someone who can sing as much as it's looking for someone who can uphold the Pretty Ricky-approved standards of classy interactions with ladies: More »

11:00 AM on Tue Dec 18 2007
By mjohnston
618 views, 6 comments

Latest by Rilo-Andy: Thanks for the Youtube video... It further proves my theory that the theme from "Benny Hill" + Anything = Comic Gold! more »

why they hate us

Pretty Ricky Want To Steal Your Honey Pot; Saudi Arabia Averts Its Eyes

In an eye-gouging monochromatic color scheme straight out of a 1998 Hype Williams clip, everything about the video for Pretty Ricky's third single "Love Like Honey," from the shiny overalls to the laser zap beat, could have been released to BET a decade ago without anyone blinking, while the boys continue to impress the poet in me with their mackadocious middle school come-ons: "Lick your nose/ Your neck/ Down to your bellybutton." Who could resist? (Also are they saying "you gotta make the sex crunk"? I pray they are.) Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's first-ever music video is a little more, how do you say, restrained than Pretty Ricky's gold experience. A religious ode to staying on the straight and narrow, "Malak Ghair Allah" nonetheless features the protagonist racing motorcycles like it was a Ruff Ryders video and hitting up fly Muslim honeys for their digits: More »

11:15 AM on Mon Aug 13 2007
By jharv
416 views, 1 comment

Latest by Luke N Atmaguchi: Of course the pairing of the words "like honey" in a song title circles me back (clockwise, then counter-, then back) to indie rock, and the semi-Morissettian irony of The Jesus and Mary Chain's "Just Like Honey." Oh, only one more »

clips

Pretty Ricky Is A Group With A Purpose (And Ladies, That Purpose Is You)

This clip of Pretty Ricky's performance on 106 & Park yesterday has transfixed us for the past 10 minutes or so; it's a jumble of signifiers, from Phantom Of The Opera to "The Hokey Pokey" to Kris Kross. (Sadly, there are no ottomans on stage.) But things don't really become truly sublime until the post-show interview, when one of the Rickys notes that "The Lord Jesus Christ put us on this earth to please these beautiful ladies." And populate the earth as well, right, guys? More »

6:15 PM on Thu May 17 2007
By mjohnston
578 views, 5 comments

Latest by Teen_Idle: I could swear in the interview one of them says (4:02) something about "even tho my ottoman is perishing, my innerman is being renewed..." I think there's going to be a Judas Priest-scale lawsuit for subliminal incitement of furniture crimes. more »

pretty ricky

Trapped In The Chat Room: Pretty Ricky Keeps It Classy

Normally, the AIM interviews on AOL Music are pretty staid affairs; the answers often seem filtered through press-release lingo, or at least typed by some poor intern who's crouched over a phone, trying to make out what, exactly, Justin Timberlake is going on about. But we're pretty sure that this interview with Pretty Ricky, the sexed-out group made up of four often-shirtless men known as Slick'Em, Baby Blue, Spectacular, and Pleasure, is one thousand percent real. A taste: More »

5:30 PM on Mon Feb 26 2007
By mjohnston
4,133 views, 2 comments

Latest by MJ: Ugh! UGH! So his fantasy is to impregnate some women, but not take care of the kids. I guess this is just to make sure his sperm works, and that he is manly enough. God, they've got issues. more »

who charted

Who Charted?: Pretty Ricky Would Like To Thank All Their Sexy, Sexy Fans

What more can be said about Pretty Ricky, the lascivious Miami quartet who took the top spot on the chart this week? Their latest album, Late Night Special, sold 132,000 copies last week, and that probably still won't be enough to make them wear shirts under their marching-band jackets. (Guys, it's winter! You'll catch your death!) More »

1:42 PM on Wed Jan 31 2007
By mjohnston
630 views, 7 comments

the shins

The Shins Wince Their Way To The No. 2 Spot

It's looking like the Shins' Wincing The Night Away will debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 this week—the highest-placing first week for an album on an indie label since Thom Yorke's The Eraser entered the chart at No. 2 in mid-July. Both were highly anticipated releases that experienced pre-release leaks; Yorke's album scanned 90,000 copies in its first week, while some estimates have Wincing brushing the 100,000-sold mark. That number would have given the Shins an easy No. 1 on last week's chart, which was led by the 65,000-copy moving Daughtry. Whether or not the album will stick around the top 10 for another week is up in the air, although Sub Pop is betting on continued strong sales, having shipped about 230,000 copies of Wincing to stores. If anything, there's one important lesson for any labels with lofty ambitions: Even though sales have been soft and the teenpop trend has officially passed, ignoring the whims of sexually frustrated 15-year-old girls isn't a solid strategy if you're looking to have an album land at No. 1. More »

5:03 PM on Tue Jan 30 2007
By mjohnston
248 views, 8 comments

Latest by Chris Molanphy: Aaaand - the placement outcome was different, how? more »

pretty ricky

Pretty Ricky Is Neither Pretty, Nor A Guy Named Ricky

According to Hits, Sub Pop's dreams of having the Shins' Wincing The Night Away debut at No. 1 on next week's Billboard chart have been dashed by Pretty Ricky, a sex-obsessed Miami foursome that's been entrenched in the 106 & Park top ten for a while; their latest album, Late Night Special, is on pace to sell more than 100,000 copies. In case you're behind on your midday MTV viewing, we've included the video for the ode to phone sex "On The Hotline" above; here are a few other facts about the group: More »

3:22 PM on Thu Jan 25 2007
By mjohnston
1,480 views, 7 comments

Latest by Adam Bernard: The Zack Morris cell phone is by far my favorite part of this video. more »

on the shelf

On The Shelf: Tomorrow's New Releases Revealed Today

Welcome to On The Shelf, Idolator's weekly look at new releases hitting your local record shops and digital-download outposts on Tuesday. The roster of new releases this week is more robust than in past weeks, although the number of big-ticket releases is pretty slim. After the jump, we look at new albums by Pretty Ricky, The Good The Bad And The Queen, Saliva, and The Shins. More »

5:08 PM on Mon Jan 22 2007
By mjohnston
57 views, 4 comments

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